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March 23, 2012

South African Boerboel Dog Put Down After Ripping Girl’s Ponytail Off

It seems the debate surrounding the ability to properly domesticate all kinds of dogs is far from over. A three-year-old girl in London had her ponytail ripped off her head after a South African Boerboel dog in a public park mauled her. The dog in question has since been put down and its owner reported to the procurator fiscal.

Phoebe McInally, aged 3

It seems the debate surrounding the ability to properly domesticate all kinds of dogs is far from over. A three-year-old girl in London had her ponytail ripped off her head after a South African Boerboel dog in a public park mauled her.

A South African Boerboel dog

Phoebe McInally was left with a large bald patch and serious bite marks across her back, before the dog turned and also attacked Phoebe’s five-year-old sister. The animal only halted its attack when their mother, Lucy, kicked it so many times it fled. She explains:

Phoebe and Alix have been left terrified and are absolutely distraught. They have used the park a lot lately and that night was a nice night for a walk. We were in the children’s flomaxbuyonline.com/flomax-price.html play area when I noticed a tyre swing and we went over to that. Then the dog just appeared from nowhere. It got a hold of Phoebe and dragged her and ripped her hair out. I managed to kick it off and pick the girls up and started to run for the car. But the dog caught up with us and started attacking us again. I threw myself on top of the girls to try and protect them but the dog managed to bite Alix before the kicks I was aiming at it seemed to distract it.

The dog in question has since been put down and its owner reported to the procurator fiscal.

[Source: Daily Mail]